Fisher Case Closed, But Police Call For Any Other Victims To Contact Them

Springfield Police say a sexual abuse case involving the late principal of the Academy of Arts and Academics and a now-former student is closed.

The late Mike Fisher, former principal of the Springfield Academy of Arts & Academics.

Credit Springfield School District

Records show Mike Fisher groomed and manipulated a then 14-year-old girl beginning in 2006. Rumors and accounts of inappropriate behavior followed the pair for years, and Fisher was put on administrative leave in late January following a police inquiry. He committed suicide the next day.

“But we’re reserving the option to be able to reopen that investigation if we get additional information," he says. "We want to make sure that we do our best to represent and take care of this victim because I feel like had we acted at the time, we could have maybe saved this woman the years of abuse she ended up enduring.”

McKee says if anyone else feels they’ve been victimized or abused by the late Mike Fisher, to contact Springfield Police. The lead investigator is SPD Detective George Crolly at (541)726-3714.

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